Here is the WI law:
For elections where more than 1,000 votes are cast, if the margin is not more than .5%, the initiator does not pay a fee; if it is between 0.5 and 2.0%, the fee is $5 per ward; and if it is greater than 2%, they pay the entire cost of the recount.
Well, at this point neither one of us can say for sure whether she’ll have to pay or not. But it’s a nice conversation to be having, compared to 48 hours ago.
7,477 could be the magic number! Thanks Millard!
Latest Wisconsin Election Changes by County are at
http://elections.wispolitics.com/
however, to save everybody work i have added up all the counties to the old total.
Prosser leads by 7,241 (751,288 to 744,041) at the moment.
I got this figure by adding AP’s Wednesday total
Prosser 739,886 Kloppenberg 740,090
Then I added the recanvassing results at wispolitics for the following 13 counties
Prosser/Kloppenburg
Brown 0/-1
Clark -8/-36
Douglas 0/0
Door +17/+29
Eau Claire +199/+228
Grant -113/0
Iowa +77/+107
Portage +10/+101
Rusk -31/0
Shawano -1/+63
Vernon 0/+24
Waukesha +11,008/+3,436
Winnebago +244/0 (partial canvass)
Total 10:13PM Central
Prosser 751,288 Kloppenberg 744,041
Prosser’s lead of 7,247 is 0.485% of the new total of 1,495,329 votes. Thus free recount for Kloppenberg (a recount would cost $1m+ of filthy union luchre).
Prosser would need a lead of at least 7,477 to cost the unionistas $1m.
I doubt this hoped-for 7,477 margin will happen. Dane county and city of milwaukee are sure to add to kloppenbergs total.
Still 7,247 will be tough to beat!